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what of a muslim in cairo? is there ethical struggles? is there ethical dilemmas that a young muslim has to go through in trying to realize- in this case his- his own proper patterns of action? what's the good life for him? now, to some extent, this happens in all cultures, because he's a young person trying to make sense of life. but what akmad- who we interviewed- what he brings out is that even within islam- i mean, you may be well familiar with this- but even within islam in egypt, there is major conflicts. and to put a little bit of a background on it, when we were in egypt, there were very, very few tourists there because not shortly before, the tourists in luxor had been mowed down by machine guns. and what's fueling this, of course, is the quest by fundamentalist, traditionalist muslims to overthrew what they perceive as the secular regime of mombaric. and more and more, akmad, this young person, is feeling that pressure- the pressure of the old, the old traditional, those very rigid ethical patterns of action that come out and ar
what of a muslim in cairo? is there ethical struggles? is there ethical dilemmas that a young muslim has to go through in trying to realize- in this case his- his own proper patterns of action? what's the good life for him? now, to some extent, this happens in all cultures, because he's a young person trying to make sense of life. but what akmad- who we interviewed- what he brings out is that even within islam- i mean, you may be well familiar with this- but even within islam in egypt, there is...
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four years ago president obama gave an unprecedented speech in cairo aimed at undoing an era fraught relations with the muslim world and the speech the newly elected president projected his desire to turn the chapter of the past and embark on a new era of mutual understanding diplomacy and friendship and while many in the middle east were hopeful their optimism began to simmer as the arab spring turned to a bitter fall it became evident that palestine would remain ignored so now that obama's been elected for a second term what's the sentiment in the middle east and what actions can we expect from the president now that he's not seeking reelection to talk about all this and more i'm joined by our correspondent rima. thank you so much for coming on thank you for having me so remote i was reading about many egyptians relieved that obama got elected i want to read you this treat. is a big sigh of relief from egypt the alternative was just too awful to consider do you think that's a sentiment for many that are just so grateful that it's the lesser evil other people think that way it was a
four years ago president obama gave an unprecedented speech in cairo aimed at undoing an era fraught relations with the muslim world and the speech the newly elected president projected his desire to turn the chapter of the past and embark on a new era of mutual understanding diplomacy and friendship and while many in the middle east were hopeful their optimism began to simmer as the arab spring turned to a bitter fall it became evident that palestine would remain ignored so now that obama's...
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whatever remains of el gubenchi's 1932 cairo studio recording lives between the old cobblestone quarter and my still-warm mahogony ear. i should have gotten up to shake his hand, this uncomfortable tension between me and god. medina, its streets adorned with smells from the bazaar, yet i have chosen to adorn myself in the still concrete of columns. i am for the transcription of the arabic. in the morning, he howled the song in the name of his father, perhaps new fathers weep at the birth of their sons. do not cry for leila or for him, but drink the red wine and grow your love doublely, one for the ruby in the cup, the other for its rouge on your cheek. bombs rape the eyes of the sleeping assyrian gods. as if it were only a sand box, a few worthless grains of sand. i'll cut for you the last swathe of blue from the sky, sever my and if you'll let me, but for 5 minutes more, leave me to sleep without the knowledge of war. a kanun weeps near the funeral of music. having been occupied, notes mourn for the loss of their song. i am for a concert of horses, the origin of gazelle leapt up from t
whatever remains of el gubenchi's 1932 cairo studio recording lives between the old cobblestone quarter and my still-warm mahogony ear. i should have gotten up to shake his hand, this uncomfortable tension between me and god. medina, its streets adorned with smells from the bazaar, yet i have chosen to adorn myself in the still concrete of columns. i am for the transcription of the arabic. in the morning, he howled the song in the name of his father, perhaps new fathers weep at the birth of...
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with an iraqi poet, one of the most prominent and brilliant poets of her time recently passed away in cairo, in june, actually. she was not only a poet, she was luminous and free-thinking pioneer in establishing the theory of what has come to be known as free verse in arabic poetry. in addition to her extensive laments on oppression of women and melancholy. she left. no cheek turned pale, no lip trembled. the door did not hear the story of her death. no window curtain overflowed with sorrow and gloom to follow the tomb until it disappeared. the moon lamenting its depression. the night surrendered itself without worry to the morning. the lights brought the voice of the milk girls, the fasting and the moaning of a starved cat of which nothing remained except bone. the fussing of salesmen, the struggle of life, kids threw stones at one another in the middle of the road while dirty water flooded the avenue and the wind toyed with gates and roof tops, alone in a state of semi oblivion. . >> on the day al-matarazzo street was bombed, did you notice how quickly it folded in itself? or the broken t
with an iraqi poet, one of the most prominent and brilliant poets of her time recently passed away in cairo, in june, actually. she was not only a poet, she was luminous and free-thinking pioneer in establishing the theory of what has come to be known as free verse in arabic poetry. in addition to her extensive laments on oppression of women and melancholy. she left. no cheek turned pale, no lip trembled. the door did not hear the story of her death. no window curtain overflowed with sorrow and...
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the audience in cairo four years ago who looked up to president obama and said he's darked skinned, his name's barack and my name's barack. his grandfather's a muslim and i'm muslim and he's the president of the united states and i can't vote. i think that really set a lot of wheels in motion more than we realize. i simply say this. when they do write the biography of president obama i think one of the thing that is under appreciated. i think he's been a great representative of the united states. charlie we are sitting here the day before the election appearing the day before the election we are debating whether to replace a black man whose middle name is hussein with a mormon. who else do they do that? is this a great country or what and i think president obama whatever happens, he's been a great representative for the best of america around the world. and our standing in the world has benefited from that. >> rose: what's necessary for a the president be able to reach the out and have the leadership ability and the kind of argument to prevail in uniting diverse forces. >> i guess i
the audience in cairo four years ago who looked up to president obama and said he's darked skinned, his name's barack and my name's barack. his grandfather's a muslim and i'm muslim and he's the president of the united states and i can't vote. i think that really set a lot of wheels in motion more than we realize. i simply say this. when they do write the biography of president obama i think one of the thing that is under appreciated. i think he's been a great representative of the united...
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meanwhile thousands of some off the muslims have taken to the streets of cairo demanding the introduction of a long rally comes amid fears dispute between a small mists and liberals over the wording of egypt's new constitution. the drafting of the new framework is the latest step in the country's modernization after the ousting of hosni mubarak in a popular uprising last year. meanwhile a series of explosions have ripped through a chemical plant in quebec claiming the lives of two people injuring at least nineteen more now a massive initial blast was followed by several smaller ones raising concerns over toxic smoke as well as contamination around that industrial plant the cause of the explosion is not yet. revelations of a massive fraud and embezzlement involving hundreds of millions of dollars are hogging the headlines right here in russia it's emerged that some of the country's most ambitious projects including its satellite positioning system called were plagued by corruption there's also a scandal at the highest levels of the military argues andrew farmer has more. this is part of th
meanwhile thousands of some off the muslims have taken to the streets of cairo demanding the introduction of a long rally comes amid fears dispute between a small mists and liberals over the wording of egypt's new constitution. the drafting of the new framework is the latest step in the country's modernization after the ousting of hosni mubarak in a popular uprising last year. meanwhile a series of explosions have ripped through a chemical plant in quebec claiming the lives of two people...
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thousands of salafi muslims have taken the streets of cairo demanding the introduction of sharia law the rally comes amid a fierce to speak between is the mists and liberals over the wording of egypt's new constitution the drafting of the new framework is the latest step in the country's more than half the ousting of hosni mubarak in last year's popular uprising. the revelations of mass fraud and embezzlement involving hundreds of millions of dollars are holding the headlines here in russia these days it's emerged that some of the country's most ambitious projects including its satellite positioning system glow nass were plagued by corruption and now there's also the highest levels of the military to farmer reports this is part of the russian government's wide a crackdown on corruption and to date it in nice chatting covered two major scandals involving for all the first was a two hundred million dollar embezzlement of funds during the global last project that is the russian satellite navigation system that was meant to rival the american g.p.s. system but after two and a half year i
thousands of salafi muslims have taken the streets of cairo demanding the introduction of sharia law the rally comes amid a fierce to speak between is the mists and liberals over the wording of egypt's new constitution the drafting of the new framework is the latest step in the country's more than half the ousting of hosni mubarak in last year's popular uprising. the revelations of mass fraud and embezzlement involving hundreds of millions of dollars are holding the headlines here in russia...
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thousands of salafi muslims have taken to the streets of cairo demanding the introduction of sharia law the rally comes amid a fierce dispute between islam ists and liberals over the wording of egypt's new constitution the drafting of a new framework the latest step in the country's modernization of the ousted hosni mubarak in last year's popular uprising. next tonight's the story of an american living and working in qatar but he's been banned by u.s. authorities from going back to his native oklahoma to visit his ailing mother air force veteran siddig long converted to islam over a decade ago and is now their one of federal no fly list you know been told why adam soltani from the council of american islamic relations believes the man's muslim name has rendered him an undesirable. the circumstances are pretty much heartbreaking because he is going to start and that he may never get to see his mother again and that's a reality we have to deal with which parent would have won their last wish to be with their children there's no indication of any reason for him to be on this no fly list an
thousands of salafi muslims have taken to the streets of cairo demanding the introduction of sharia law the rally comes amid a fierce dispute between islam ists and liberals over the wording of egypt's new constitution the drafting of a new framework the latest step in the country's modernization of the ousted hosni mubarak in last year's popular uprising. next tonight's the story of an american living and working in qatar but he's been banned by u.s. authorities from going back to his native...
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last, as an overall lesson, as much as words matter, whether it's the cairo speech delivered in 2009 or your repeated and important declarations on prevention of iran's nuclear capabilities, actions matter most. don't mistake the former for the latter, and, today, i just have to step out of my role for a moment because as a historian, today's the anniversary of my favorite ever presidential statement on the middle east. sen -- seventy years ago, there was a middle east. just imagine a president saying this. praise be unto you in the name of the god the compassionate, the merciful, oh, ye muslims, may the blessings of god be upon you. it's a great day for you because, behold, we, the american, holy warriors arrived, come here to fight the great jihad of freedom. we have come to set you free. today is the 70th anniversary of the landing on north africa. imagining an american president praisihe great jihad of american freedom once again. [laughter] we don't remember that because words mean so much less than actions. all right. if those are three broad lessons, what are the three urgent
last, as an overall lesson, as much as words matter, whether it's the cairo speech delivered in 2009 or your repeated and important declarations on prevention of iran's nuclear capabilities, actions matter most. don't mistake the former for the latter, and, today, i just have to step out of my role for a moment because as a historian, today's the anniversary of my favorite ever presidential statement on the middle east. sen -- seventy years ago, there was a middle east. just imagine a president...
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the lights are out in cairo every night it 10:00 and jordan has gasoline rationing. who are the three leaders that deserve for special attention, mr. president? first demar prime minister of israel. the gets another term he will be with you throw your presidency. -- throughout your presidency there's no percentage i'd like the first to you had with him. you are confident and complementary do not have to love each other but when you have a big agenda that requires you to work together and is very important for mr. that don yahoo! to work with you. you are the great power. israel is a small power. you have a role to play to build a new relationship with him as well. second, i will echo the second leader the prime minister of iraq mr. maliki. the third rail know we was to talk about it in public because that is such bad memories from the last decade geography is destiny this critical to the future of the middle east we have an important role to play we need to find a way to work together. third. the third leader is that a particular person but the next generation of the
the lights are out in cairo every night it 10:00 and jordan has gasoline rationing. who are the three leaders that deserve for special attention, mr. president? first demar prime minister of israel. the gets another term he will be with you throw your presidency. -- throughout your presidency there's no percentage i'd like the first to you had with him. you are confident and complementary do not have to love each other but when you have a big agenda that requires you to work together and is...
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nbc news, cairo. >>> fiscal battle here at home. today president obama and house speaker john boehner both laid out ideas to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. that would happen when automatic tax increases and spending cuts are due to hit in january. the president invited congressional leaders to the white house to talk about a bipartisan deficit plan to avoid that crisis. steve handelsman reports now, democrats and republicans are still far apart. >> in a speech at the white house, president obama claimed the election proved most americans agree with his plan, but he calls wla s balanced. cutting taxes to avoid the fiscal cliff. he says he's flexible, but -- >> i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. i'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me making over $250,000 aren't asked to pay a dime more in taxes. >> reporter: he's calling in members of congress for fiscal cliff meetings next week. but the main republican negotiator, again, will be spea
nbc news, cairo. >>> fiscal battle here at home. today president obama and house speaker john boehner both laid out ideas to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. that would happen when automatic tax increases and spending cuts are due to hit in january. the president invited congressional leaders to the white house to talk about a bipartisan deficit plan to avoid that crisis. steve handelsman reports now, democrats and republicans are still far apart. >> in a speech at the white...
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the lights are out in cairo every night at 10:00 and jordan has gas rationing and they live virtually right next door to saudi arabia. those are the most urgent issues. who are the three leaders who deserve their special attention, mr. president. well, first let's start with the prime minister of israel. if he gets another term as prime minister, she will be with you throughout your presidency locked at the hip or perhaps another part of the anatomy. [laughter] your interests state to state are confident and complementary. you don't have to love each other, but you have to have -- but you have a big agenda with each other. a big agenda that requires you to work together. it is very important for mr. benjamin netanyahu to work together with you, you of course are the great power, israel is the small power. but you have a role to play in building a new relationship with him as well. secondly, and here i will echo in a certain fashion what jim jeffries said. the second that i would put on this list is the prime minister of iraq iraq is the third real of the middle east diplomacy no one m
the lights are out in cairo every night at 10:00 and jordan has gas rationing and they live virtually right next door to saudi arabia. those are the most urgent issues. who are the three leaders who deserve their special attention, mr. president. well, first let's start with the prime minister of israel. if he gets another term as prime minister, she will be with you throughout your presidency locked at the hip or perhaps another part of the anatomy. [laughter] your interests state to state are...